Lush tones from a legendary white
This is the greatest Soave of all and a veritable bargain at that, says Matthew Jukes.
2012 Pieropan, La Rocca, Soave Classico, Veneto, Italy (about £25.99; www.majestic.co.uk; Philglas & Swiggot,020-7924 4494; Highbury Vintners,020-7226 1347; Lea & Sandeman,020-7244 0522; Hedonism Wines,020-7989 0085; Vallebona, 020-8944 5665, Mill Hill Wines, 020-8959 6754;The Secret Cellar, 01892-537981;Taylor's Fine Wines, 020-8549 2984;The Wine Reserve, 01932-866682; South Downs Cellars, 01273-833830; Champion Wines, 020-3581 9935).
It's no surprise that a veritable cornucopia of great wine merchants list this beauty, because it is, after all, the greatest Soave of all! Listed in my 100 Most Iconic Wine Estates book, Pieropan has been producing wines since the 1890s theywere the first people ever to put the word Soave on a bottle of wine.
Nino Pieropan's La Rocca comes from a limestone outcrop situated on the Monte Rocchetta hill, just underneath Soave's medieval fortress. The 2012 is a stunning release and it is one of the finest Italian white wines I have seen in years.
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Made exclusively from garganega, this is the Grand Cru' in the portfolio and it sees some oak which gives it lush tones and considerable class. A veritable bargain in a world context you must taste this legendary wine.
Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (www.matthewjukes.com).
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Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.
Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.
He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.
Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’. He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner.
Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.
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